In response to requests for downloadable versions of the NAP Design Guide and the NAP Deployment Guide , I've posted *.doc versions of these guides on the Download Center. Visit the following link: Network Access Protection (NAP) Design and Deployment Guides to download these, and thanks for checking...

On Wednesday, Nov 2, I presented an technical overview of the Network Access Protection (NAP) technology to the Seattle Windows Networking User Group . We talked about the purpose of NAP, the different NAP enforcement methods, and then dove into the architecture and components of NAP, demonstrating autoremediation...

Windows Server: The Power of Integration in TechNet Magazine describes how you can use multiple features and technologies of the Windows client and server platforms to create new value in the form of a solution that addresses an IT capability or business need. This article highlights the DirectAccess...

The Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate NAP for Remote Access VPN ( http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/test-lab-guide-demonstrate-nap-for-remote-access-vpn.aspx ) is now available. This community-authored and published Test Lab Guide (TLG) from TechNet Wiki community member Fred Smithers...

The TechNet Magazine article titled Compliance Reporting: First Step in Controlling Client Cloud Access , by Dan Griffin and Lee Walker, tells you how improve your auditing and compliance reporting by using Network Access Protection (NAP) and Internet Protocol security (IPsec) enforcement to control...

The Cable Guy article for June 2010, titled “ DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) ,” is now available. This article includes a detailed discussion of the different Internet Protocol security (IPsec) tunnels that DirectAccess clients use and how to configure DirectAccess connection...

The new Step By Step Guide: Troubleshoot DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) in a Test Lab leverages the DirectAccess with NAP test lab configuration described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess with NAP in a Test Lab and teaches you how to troubleshoot Windows Server 2008...

The “ DirectAccess with NAP Troubleshooting Guidance ” topic has been added to the DirectAccess with NAP solution . This new topic describes how to quickly determine whether a problem with a DirectAccess client is due to NAP (an issue with health validation) or DirectAccess (an issue with intranet...

The DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) solution is a pilot for a new type of content that provides technical information and deployment guidance for larger solutions or scenarios that require multiple Windows Server technologies or Microsoft products . The deployment guidance provides...

The Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess with Network Access Protection (NAP) in a Test Lab document describes how to configure NAP enforcement for access to the intranet in the DirectAccess test lab (described in the Step By Step Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess in a Test Lab document) . NAP...

The Cable Guy article in the June 2009 issue of TechNet Magazine online, titled “ NAP on the Internet ,” is now available. Network Access Protection (NAP) on the Internet is an extension of the Internet Protocol security (IPsec) enforcement method to include mobile computers that are connected to the...